Employment
Cloisters is highly reputed for its expert knowledge in all aspects of employment law and is routinely instructed in ground-breaking cases at the leading edge of UK and European law. Recently described in the Legal 500 as the ‘best set in London for employment work‘.
Our award-winning employment team are widely recognised as experts in their field and skilfully set the agenda in employment law, appearing in almost all major employment litigation in the UK.
Our clients come from a broad range of industries including financial services, transport, education, unions, retail and technology. We also act for regulators such as the FCA, local authorities and regularly advise government departments. We are fearless advocates for our clients and take a practical and proactive approach to our work. We are prepared to work hard alongside you from beginning to end.
We look forward to working with you.
Specialisms
Bonus disputes
Collective labour law
Contract claims
Disciplinary and grievance procedures
Age, disability, race, sex and sexual orientation discrimination
Unfair and wrongful dismissal
Employee share schemes
Employers’ vicarious liability
Employment injunctions including; restrictive covenants, garden leave, confidential information, equal pay claims,
European community law
Fixed-term employee claims
Human rights law
Industrial disputes
Investigations
Jurisdiction
Maternity and parental rights
National minimum wage
Occupational injury and disease
Occupational stress
Part-time worker claims
Pensions
Redundancy
Restrictive covenants and injunctions
Trade union law
TUPE
Whistleblowing
Working time regulations
team
Robin Allen KC Year of silk: 1995
Paul Epstein KC Year of silk: 2006
Daphne Romney KC Year of silk: 2009
Jacques Algazy KC Year of silk: 2012
Caspar Glyn KC Year of silk: 2012
Jason Galbraith-Marten KC Year of silk: 2014
Rachel Crasnow KC Year of silk: 2015
Schona Jolly KC Year of silk: 2017
Tom Coghlin KC Year of silk: 2018
Ed Williams KC Year of silk: 2018
Akua Reindorf KC Year of silk: 2023
Sheryn Omeri KC Year of silk: 2023
Anna Beale KC Year of silk: 2024
Sarah Fraser Butlin KC Year of silk: 2024
Andrew Buchan Year of call: 1981
Declan O’Dempsey Year of call: 1987
Catherine Casserley Year of call: 1991
Paul Michell Year of call: 1991
John Horan Year of call: 1993
Carolyn D’Souza Year of call: 1994
Sally Robertson Year of call: 1995
Tom Brown Year of call: 2000
Claire McCann Year of call: 2000
Adam Ohringer Year of call: 2001
Dee Masters Year of call: 2004
Chris Milsom Year of call: 2006
Olivia-Faith Dobbie Year of call: 2007
Caroline Musgrave-Cohen Year of call: 2008
Nathaniel Caiden Year of call: 2009
Chesca Lord Year of call: 2011
Matthew Jackson Year of call: 2011
Rachel Barrett Year of call: 2012
Tamar Burton Year of call: 2012
Jennifer Danvers Year of call: 2012
Andrew Watson Year of call: 2013
Jonathan Cook Year of call: 2017
Ruaraidh Fitzpatrick Year of call: 2017
Laurene Veale Year of call: 2019
Charlotte Goodman Year of call: 2019
Dr Melanie Sharp Year of call: 2020
Helena Ifeka Year of call: 2020
Ameer Ismail Year of call: 2021
Laura Redman Year of call: 2021
Grace Corby Year of call: 2021
Imogen Brown Year of call: 2022
Caitlin Page Year of call: 2022
Hana Abas Year of call: 2023
Emma Darlow Stearn Year of call: 2023
Charlotte Tosti (Pupil)
Danielle Worden (Pupil)
Rachel Chambers Year of call: 2002
Prof Alan Neal Year of call: 1975
Sir Stephen Sedley Year of call: 1983
Michael Potter Year of call: 1988
Jonathan Mitchell KC Year of call: 1979
Dame Laura Cox Year of call: 1973
Brian Napier KC Year of call: 1986